[VHFcontesting] CO80 activation, CQ VHF contest

[Mark Spencer]

Hi.  I am planning on activating CO80 again during the first day of CQ VHF contest next weekend.  I expect my main effort will be on 50 MHz, but I will take some gear for 144 Mhz.    

The site I have in mind has a nice shot towards the PNW and beyond but the paths in other directions are sub optimal.   (If anyone is interested I have some screen shots from PSK reporter after my visit in June that give a good idea of the areas I can likely work if there is propagation.)

I have not decided yet if I will rove to other grids or not.   (My CN99 visit during the June contest was a bit challenging due to the access road to my usual summer operating site having been "de activated" and it was really more of a 4x4 outing than a radio outing.)  There seems to be a reasonable level of activity by others these days in CN89, and my prior effort(s) to activate CO81 during a contest did not yield many contacts.   

73

Mark S
VE7AFZ

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099